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Def diatoms. It's caused by excess silica in the water. As they consume the silica and the concentration drops, the diatoms will dissipate as we'll.

That is def Cyanobacteria... Good luck with getting rid of it... Reduce dissolved nutrients and you'll likely need to dose with erythromycin at 200mg/10gallons for a while to get rid of it

Not sure on the first, second is def red ludwigia and third is elodea.

I've had great luck integrating UV with my filter at eliminating algae and pathogens... You might want to give it a try

I'm assuming diatoms? Do you have a picture?

Subscribing to this! I'm interested to see your process and end results! Good luck!

What's the temp in your aquarium? Elodea is typically a cooler water plant. I've used it in tanks 76F and above and it discolors and starts shedding itself

LOL @Fibsog

They're perfect! I sent you a PM because this app won't let me post links... It should help you out! It looks like quite a big outbreak of green hair algae

Hair algae... Haven't seen an outbreak like that in a long time! This article will give you a better idea of what you're dealing with and ways of handling it. http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/what-a-mess-hair-algae-in-the-planted-tank.htm

Green hair algae? I haven't seen an outbreak like that in some time... This article will give you a better idea of what you're dealing with... http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/what-a-mess-hair-algae-in-the-planted-tank.htm

Doesn't look like Cyanobacteria... That's a good thing! Can we get a close up of some of the affected plants?

Blue-green Cyanobacteria (a.k.a. Blue-green algae) is a slime type outbreak. If left in an aquarium in overwhelming amounts, it will foul the water and kill your fish.

Pufferfish are barely compatible with one another, let alone others.

Sounds like you might be dealing with some blue-green Cyanobacteria... Usually an indicator of poor water conditions and/or high dissolved organic waste. Pictures would be helpful in the diagnosis though...

Definitely water sprite. Likely potted as well?